urban

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area“urban sociology”“urban development”
  2. located in or characteristic of a city or city life“urban property owners”“urban affairs”“urban manners”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Urban \Ur"ban\, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the ?ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. Urbane.] [1913 Webster]

1.Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population. [1913 Webster]

2.Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners. [1913 Webster]

Urban servitude. See Predial servitude, under Servitude. [1913 Webster]

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